'Lincoln' dominates North Texas film critics awards

The North Texas Film Critics Association has thrown another log on the fire for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," the film's second critics Best Picture prize of the season. The film also won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress) and Claudio Miranda (Best Cinematography) kept it from being a clean sweep. Check out the full list of winners below. As always, dig the season at The Circuit.

Kristopher Tapley has covered the film awards landscape for over a decade. He founded In Contention in 2005. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London and Variety. He begs you not to take any of this too seriously.

The Intouchables just feels like the kind of movie that could nab the foreign language Oscar from Amour. While A Separation was an exception last year, the award often overlooks the most highly praised work in international cinema in favor of something more Oscar friendly - The Secret in Their Eyes winning over The White Ribbon/A Prophet and Departures winning over Waltz with Bashir/The Class.